Was Julius Caesar Honorable

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Friends, Romans, Country men; listen to my words of advice for moment. The honorable Brutus says he slayed our emperor our savor because he was ambitious. However there is fault his claim; Caesar was not ambitious Mark Antony offered him a crown multiple times to which Caesar refused every time. Does this sound ambitious? The honorable Brutus has deceived you all! Does this sound like a man who deserves a statue in his honor? This man does not deserve a statue to honor him for his deception. Brutus the deceiver, in his last days was not honorable. He did not kill Caesar honorably; stabbing him in the back is not honorable, nor did he die an honorable death in combat; suicide is not honorable. Caesar once said “As a rule, men worry

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